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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 03:00 UTC0.0000%/8h= 0.0% APRpaid last 24h −0.009%

Price spread now: MEXC against Backpack−0.054%7-day average −0.033% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$26as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$25as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$220.225% of the position

Long on Backpack Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days−0.040%−$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.101%+$10 · spread now −0.054%, 7d avg −0.033%

Together, before fees+0.061%+$6 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding between these two exchanges is close to zero, so right now this pair is about the price spread alone: MEXC is 0.022% cheaper against Backpack than usual: you would sell low and buy high, −$2 on $10k if it goes back to its 7-day average of −0.033%.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Backpack ASTER_USDC_PERP	0.7344	0.0100	pay 0.0013% / 1h	34m 58s	$215K	$482K	10x
Short	MEXC ASTER_USDT	0.7340	0.0100	get 0.0050% / 4h	1h 34m	$33.7M	$17.8M	100x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

MEXC against Backpack. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee BackpackbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.054%Rate

Funding earned: $0
Price spread: −0.054% → −0.033%: −$2.15
Slippage, 4 orders: −$12.46
Fee Backpack: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee MEXC: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$24.61
Costs to cover: 0.225%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Backpack: live order book, 29 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 4 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again

Leg	Half-spread	$10k	$100k	$1M	$5M
Buy Backpack live order book, 29 min ago	0.07 bp	7.8 bp −$8	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 4 min ago	1.37 bp	3.1 bp −$3	8.8 bp −$88	31.8 bp −$3,185	111.0 bp −$55.5K

ASTER on 32 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Coinbase International ASTER-PERP-INTX	−0.0088%	1h	0.7328	−0.212%	$270K	$877K	50x	as long as short
Aster ASTERUSDT	0.0000%	4h	0.7337	−0.090%	$54.7M	$101.6M	200x	as long as short
dYdX ASTER-USD	0.0000%	1h	0.7332	−0.170%	$14K	$1K	5x	as long as short
01 Exchange ASTERUSD	0.0000%	1h	0.7335	−0.123%	$8K	$4K	10x	as long as short
Deribit ASTER_USDC-PERPETUAL	0.0000%	1h	0.7340	−0.048%	$11K	$71K	25x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) ASTER/USD	L +0.0006% / S −0.0005%	1h	0.7338	−0.082%	$24K	—	150x	as long as short
Injective ASTER/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	0.7390	+0.626%	$9	$133K	5.5x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_ASTER_USDC	+0.0089%	4h	0.7339	−0.068%	$14K	$845	10x	as long as short
Lighter ASTER	+0.0096%	1h	0.7343	−0.007%	$891K	$901K	5x	as long as short
Nado ASTER-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	0.7332	−0.157%	$367K	$252K	5x	as long as short

Show all 32 venues

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Hyperliquid ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7349	+0.068%	$25.5M	$6.5M	5x	as long as short
Pacifica ASTER	+0.0100%	1h	0.7331	−0.183%	$255K	$72K	10x	as long as short
Binance ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7340	−0.058%	$90.2M	$110.1M	75x	as long as short
Bybit ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7340	−0.054%	$49.0M	$22.7M	75x	as long as short
OKX ASTER-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	4h	0.7344	0.000%	$12.1M	$18.5M	50x	as long as short
Gate ASTER_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7334	−0.136%	$6.4M	$5.3M	75x	as long as short
MEXC ASTER_USDTshort	+0.0100%	4h	0.7340	−0.054%	$33.7M	$17.8M	100x
KuCoin ASTERUSDTM	+0.0100%	4h	0.7337	−0.102%	$10.9M	$3.2M	75x	as long as short
Bitget ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7340	−0.054%	$17.8M	$6.7M	50x	as long as short
BingX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7342	−0.027%	—	$9.6M	—	as long as short
Backpack ASTER_USDC_PERPlong	+0.0100%	1h	0.7344	long leg	$215K	$482K	10x
Variational Omni ASTER	+0.0100%	4h	0.7333	−0.149%	$2.1M	$371K	—	as long as short
GRVT ASTER_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	4h	0.7325	−0.256%	$461K	$3.8M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni ASTERUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	0.7323	−0.286%	$65K	$715K	50x	as long as short
SunX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7346	+0.027%	$2K	$1.7M	20x	as long as short
SoDEX ASTER-USD	+0.0100%	1h	0.7340	−0.054%	$13K	$8K	5x	as long as short
HTX ASTER-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.7334	−0.136%	$243K	$117K	20x	as long as short
Extended ASTER-USD	+0.0104%	1h	0.7340	−0.055%	$367K	$640K	25x	as long as short
edgeX ASTERUSDC	+0.0119%	4h	0.7318	−0.350%	$211K	$2.0M	10x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_ASTERUSD	+0.0244%	1h	0.7346	+0.024%	$338K	$491K	20x	as long as short
GMX ASTER/USD [WBTC.b-USDC]	L +0.0304% / S −0.0215%	1h	0.7335	−0.120%	$28K	—	100x	as long as short
BloFin ASTER-USDT	+0.0340%	4h	0.7341	−0.041%	$3.5M	$1.9M	75x	as long as short